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0. E. A; WIESSNER. BEDSTEAD BAIL JOINT.

(Application mod June 2, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED ,STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OSCAR E. A. WIESSNER, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

BEDSTEAD-RAIL JOINT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 626,043, dated May 30, 1899.

Application filed June 2, 1898. Sen'al No. 682,339. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be itknown that I, OsoARE. A.W1EssNER,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, (Brooklyn,) in the county'of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Bedstead-Rail Joints, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in bedstead-rail joints, and especially to such joints designed for use in metallic bedsteads.

The object of the invention is the construction of a rigid connection between the side rails of a bedstead and the head and foot pieces,or in those instances where the bed-bottom includes the side rails to make not only a rigid connection with the head and foot pieces, but to provide for ready and easy operation in such joints.

With this end in view the invention consists in the construction, formation, and arrangement of parts, substantially as hereinafter shown and described.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, Figure 1 represents in side elevation the preferred form of the improved joint. Fig. 2 represents the same in plan. Fig. 3 represents in side elevation a modification in the construction of said joint; and Fig. 4 represents a vertical transverse section taken on the line 4 4, Fig. 3.

A indicates one of the corner-posts'of the bedstead, and B the casting on said post, in which the union between the side rails and the head-pieces is made.

0 represents the side rail, and D the cross rail or bar in the head or foot piece, said rail or bar being cast in place at the time the casting B is applied to the post A.

In the preferred form of joint, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, the casting B is provided with a ledge 5, which conforms to the shape of the under side of the rail 0, which, as illustrated, The recess formed in the ledge 5 for the reception of the rail 0 is continued into the body portion of the casting B, as indicated by dotted lines, the said rail 0 extending to the end of said recess. The said rail is held within the recess and upon the ledge 5 by means of a pin or bolt passing through the side rail and ledge, as indicated at E, said pin being slotted at its lower end and secured in place by a key, as 6. If preferred, the ledge 5 may be extended beyond the length shown in Fig. 1, as seen at 5,

Fig. 3. By thus extending said ledge two pins or bolts E may be used, and these pins may pass vertically through the side rail and ledge, as in Fig. 1, or they maybe passed horizontally=therethrough, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. In this modified form of bracket D the recess in the ledge 5' is not carried into the body portion of the bracket. Therefore when the pins E have been removed the rails C may be lifted out of the recess without it being necessary to withdraw the rail longitudinally from the recess, as in the construction shown in Fig. 1. The provision for inserting the pins horizontally is made by extending one side of the ledge 5 to a point higher than the other, so that it may receive the pins E, as clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

The cross-rail is shown in Fig. 1 as composed of a rod; but it obviously may be a tube or an angle-bar, as represented at D in Fig. 3.

As aboveintimated, the side rails usedwith this form' of rail-joint may or may not constitute a portion of the spring bed-bottom, and a Woven wire or other form of spring may be used therewith or not, as desired.

Other changes in theform and construction of parts aside from those above specified may be made without departing'from the spirit of the invention. a

The invention claimed is 1. The combination with the post A, of the recessed casting B, thereon provided with the ledge 5, the cross-rail D, cast in place in the casting B, the cylindrical side rail C, fitted to the ledge 5, and extended into the recess in said casting, and the bolt E, passing through the side rail and ledge for securing said rail in place, substantially as set forth. 2. The combination with the post A,and a side rail, of the bracket B, cast upon the post and having a ledge made to conform to the shape of the rail and also having a recess extending into the bracket and made to conform to the shape of the end of said rail, and a pin or bolt passing through said rail and ledge and suitably secured in place.

Signed at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, this 1st day of June,

OSCAR, E. A. WIESSNER.

Witnesses:

'W. W. BARNES,

M. CARo.

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